Hi Chad,
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Chad Smith schrieb:
Hi everybody,
I'm sure that no one on this list is ignorant of the fact that since
switching to the Intel processor and riding on the success of iPods
and iTunes, Apple computers have grown tremendously in popularity
over the last 12 months. Well, recently Microsoft accounced a new
version of MS Officefor the Mac due to come out later this year, it
will be a Universal Binary, and completely built for the Mac.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jan07/01-09MacworldPR.mspx
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Why does this matter to the OOo marketing list?
I would have thought it was rather a Mac porting topic, but there are
possibilities for Marketing though.
Well, it would be very good if OpenOffice.org could release a
Mac-native Universal Binary version before MS Office 2008.
No question - and the Mac porting team is working hard to release the
native version as soon as possible.
So do you suppose us to start a campaign searching for
developers and funding for the mac port?
This would probably be a task for the Marketing project.
Imagine the marketing possiblities....
"Why wait for Microsoft to get around to us Mac users? Switch to the
latest Mac-native Universal Binary office suite today. -
OpenOffice.org 2.2"
Even if you think it sucks, many people will use OOo2.2 with X11.
But a PR about a native version will only be possible, if there is such
a version available.
Of course - to be able to market for that - we'd actually have to
*be* Mac native - which has been "in the works" for months - but with
no sign of when they will actually catch up with NeoOffice.
And once again you try to find a way to fire against the Mac porting
team - "catch up with NeoOffice" is your personal opinion, many other
Mac users see it different. Please don't let's start discussing this
point again.
What can be done to speed up the release of a Mac-Native (ie - no X11
needed) Unversial Binary version of OpenOffice.org proper?
See the points above mentioned: get developer and money...
And we could think about continuous marketing for the Mac porting efforts.
If I'm informed correctly, there are just ten issues to be solved,
before an *alpha* (far beyond beta) version can be released, tested and
worked upon.
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/news/2007/20070203toptenbeforealpha.html
Would it be a good idea to join the marketing efforts of the marketing
project with the Mac porting team?
Best regards
Bernhard
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